Monitoring ground-engaging products for earth working equipment
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1. A monitoring system for monitoring a ground-engaging product secured to earth working equipment, the system comprising:
- a base attached to earth working equipment and including a forwardly projecting nose;
a ground-engaging product having an exterior surface subject to wear during use including top, bottom and side walls, an interior surface defining a rearward-opening cavity receiving the nose to mount the product on the base, the interior surface opposing the nose, and an opening that opens in one of the top, bottom and side walls;
a lock to secure the product to the base;
a monitoring device secured to one of the product and the lock, the monitoring device including an electronic device for identifying a characteristic of the product and a communication device for wirelessly communicating information about the characteristic, the communication device being secured within the opening and positioned outward from the interior surface; and
a remote device remote from the monitoring device to wirelessly communicate with the communication device to obtain the information about the characteristic for use by a user.
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Abstract
A product and system for identifying and monitoring a characteristic including the part ID, presence, condition, usage and/or performance of ground-engaging products used on various kinds of earth working equipment.
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43 Claims
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1. A monitoring system for monitoring a ground-engaging product secured to earth working equipment, the system comprising:
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a base attached to earth working equipment and including a forwardly projecting nose; a ground-engaging product having an exterior surface subject to wear during use including top, bottom and side walls, an interior surface defining a rearward-opening cavity receiving the nose to mount the product on the base, the interior surface opposing the nose, and an opening that opens in one of the top, bottom and side walls; a lock to secure the product to the base; a monitoring device secured to one of the product and the lock, the monitoring device including an electronic device for identifying a characteristic of the product and a communication device for wirelessly communicating information about the characteristic, the communication device being secured within the opening and positioned outward from the interior surface; and a remote device remote from the monitoring device to wirelessly communicate with the communication device to obtain the information about the characteristic for use by a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A monitoring system for monitoring ground-engaging products secured to earth working equipment, the system comprising:
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a plurality of ground-engaging products mounted to earth working equipment with each said product being in a relatively fixed position with respect to the other products, a lock for securing each product to the earth working equipment; a monitoring device in each said product or each said lock, the monitoring devices detecting each other in a relatively fixed position with respect to other of the monitoring devices; and a remote device cooperating with the monitoring devices to receive a signal from at least one of the monitoring devices when the monitoring devices detect whether any of the monitoring devices has failed to continue in a relatively fixed position with respect to the other monitoring devices, and communicating to a user in any event where any of the product fails to continue in the relatively fixed position with respect to the other products. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A ground-engaging product for earth working equipment, the product comprising:
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a wearable body including an exterior surface subject to wear during use including top, bottom and side walls, an interior surface defining a rearward-opening cavity receiving the nose to mount the product on the base, the interior surface opposing a nose of a base of the earth working equipment to which the product is secured during use, and an opening that opens to the exterior surface in one of the top, bottom and side walls; and a monitoring device including an electronic device for identifying a characteristic of the product and a communication device for wirelessly communicating information about the characteristic to a remote device, the communication device being secured within the opening and positioned outward from the interior surface. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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- 35. A ground-engaging assembly for earth working equipment, the assembly comprising a product securable to earth working equipment to contact the ground during use and including an opening, a lock received in the opening to secure the product to the earth working equipment, a plug releasably secured in the opening outside of the lock, and a monitoring device secured to the plug for identifying a characteristic of the product.
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42. A lock for securing ground-engaging product to earth working equipment, the lock comprising a rigid component with a base-engaging portion to contact a base of the earth working equipment when securing a product to the base, a recess in the rigid component, and a monitoring device secured and fully contained within the recess for identifying a characteristic of the product, wherein the lock includes a threaded pin and a threaded collar, and the monitoring device is secured to the pin.
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43. A lock for securing ground-engaging product to earth working equipment, the lock comprising a rigid component with a base-engaging portion to contact a base of the earth working equipment when securing a product to the base, a recess in the rigid component, and a monitoring device secured and fully contained within the recess for identifying a characteristic of the product, wherein the lock includes a pair of hinged components, and the monitoring device is secured to one of the components.
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